Cooking utensil



Sept. 23 1924. 1.509.264

J. sci-:MITT

COOKING UTENSIL Filed NOV. 14 1919 2 Sheets-Sheei l I 5 I VA Sept. 23, 1924; 1509264 J. scHMlTT COOKING UTENSIL I Filed Nov. 14, 1919 v 2 Sheen-snau 2 Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

onrran stars Utgitt JOHN SCHMITT, OF

COOKING Application 1'i1ed November To aZZ whom -it'mcg/ concern:

. Be it known that I, JOHN SCHMITT, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of city of Portland, in the county of Multnomah, in the State of Oregon, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cooking Utensils, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. i

y invention relates tokcooking utensils and has for its object the production of a separable handle for a utensil for lifting it to and from the fire, and preferably including means for folding such a handle within the utensil out of the way when the utensil is packed for transportation.

My utensil is specially designed for use in a camping outfit or wherever a saving of space in tion.

IVhat constitutes my invention will be packing is a matter for considerav hereinafter specified in detail and succinctly lset forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying clrawings,

'Figure I is a side elevation of a portion of a frying pan with a handle in one form of embodiment of my invention aiiixed thereto.

Figure II is a top plan view of the subject matter of Figure I. i

Figure III is a. side e-levation of the sub- `ject matter of Figure II looking at it from i. the free end of the handle.

Figure IV is a view similar to Figure I, showing a modification of my invention.

Figure V is a side elevation of a frying pan complete, showing the handle illustrated in Figure IV in two positions, in full and dotted lines in folded position and in dotted lines in raised position, respectively. In full and dotted lines, the handle is shown as folded within the hollow of the pan behind ronrLAND, onnc'fon.

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ing end of the handle when it is folded within the pan, as shown in Figure V.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates a frying pan, which is selected by way of example of any Cooking utensil. To the sidevof the pan l, near its upper edge, is secured, as by rivets 2, a cleat 3.v In its simplest form of embodiment, the cleat may be provided with terminal open jaws fl and 5 of suflicient extent to aocommodate, respectively, the bent ends 6 and 7 of a handle. Extensions 8 and 9 of legs 10 and 11, respectively, carry said ends 6 and 7, the legsbeing united by a spring bend 12, whose resiliency tends to close them and thereby to bring the ends 6 and 7 together. An inclination at 15 between the respective ends 6 and 7 and their respective extensions 8 and 9, gives to the handle when applied to the pan, the inclination desired, as shown in Figure I. As shown in that position the ends 6 and 7 engage the aws 4 and 5 respectively, and by the force of the spring 12 serve to positively unite the handle to the pan with rigidityflsufiicient for all practical purposes.

In the form of embodiment of my invention above described, the handle is, at will, attachable to or entirely separable from the pan. In the remaining figures of the drawings, a slight form of modification is shown in which provision is made for pivotally uniting the pan and its handle so that the handle, although detachable from the pan, may be kept united to it and folded into it as occasion for transportation may require.

In the modilied form of my invention, instead of the cleat 3, I eniploy a modified cleat 16 secured as by rivets 17 to the pan designated, for distinction only, by the numeral 18. The modified cleat embodies a transverse recess 19 extending, it may be, from end to end through it and defining a sl-ot open at the opposite extremities of said cleat. The said slot is adapted to fulfill the function of the jaws 4 and 5, and also to lend itself to the forming of a pivotal connection between the handle and the pan.

In the figures under present consideration the handle is shown as provided with a pair of legs 20 and 21 united by a resilient bend 22.' Each leg terminates in an oppositely disposed terminal, each comprising an inturned portion 25, a brace portion 26, and a pivot tip 27. A comparison of Figures VI and VII with Figure V will serve to show the contoursfohparts of the-handle andither relative arrangement, one towards another.

If the disposition of the membersof the handle be at the upperisideofzthezrecess r `19, the recess being,` transversely elongated,

as shown in Figures V and VII, :formere ainple, the position of the handle resulting therefrom Will be that shown in full lines in Figure V. If, on the contrary, the position of the handle beV that illustrated `'in`'Eigure IV, which isthe service pesition,'lthe members 25 will'lbe .in the bottom of'the recess 19. In either of the' positions' last referred to, the 1nen`1bers`26 serve to vholdlthe handle in position unt1`the" legs 20 and`2l ofthe'handle are s spread :apart suffioientjlyito allow thezpivot tips 27' to come intojplay as pivots within the recessi1`9. Under such conditions, the handle maybe turned' uponithe pivots 27 to either one 'of 'itwo :'positions, naniely, the position' in 'full lines 'inf'llfigure I Vr'to' 'which'Figure VII conforms; or `to the positionsho'wn'in F igurelIV. In either 'of g. those two positions the resilienc'y of'the'lbend 22 'forcibly urgesjthe ends offthe legs20sanld 21 'towards each other,. andfdrvesthemenibers 26 into the recess 19,-; as s'hownin'fFig- VII, so as' to hold* thefhandle'inplaceuntil releasedby a spreadin'g' ofzthe'legs '20 aridf2l against :the force of* the Vspring 22 `which unites" them.

In operation, the; legs of 'the handle '-may be sprang 'apart and 'applied,,asprovision may requre, to'the cleat`3forthe modified cleat 16, which the spring bend 12or`l22,

, upon release, will'causethehandle'toengage and'hold. 4 I

The foregoing description of `Operation applies'equally'to lbothzhandles. Theliandle compris'ing" thel legs 10 and Il, is, -lin f' service, simply applied'to or separated zfrom .its pan 1.

The modified form of handle may be appl'edtatoaoriseparated fronr'flits'ipanl in the samefflnianner, lbutiby itsimodiiication, com- Aplete -separation of the pan from its handle is :rendered'-iunnecessary since the presence of the pivot tips 27 afi'ords means for turn-' ing .it fiinto the folded position shown in Figure V, or into the service position shown in `iFigureiI-V ='^I*n-either of these two positions, as has been stated, the .resiliency of the bend 22 serves to drive'fthe endsoftthe legs-'20 and 4'21ftowards eaclr other IanjdIthereby' toengageancl holdthehandle within the recess of 4 its ;modifie'd 'cleat 2-16, lfor'exainple the reeess'lflli).

l'WhatiIfyla'ifrn is:

' L1. EThe lCombination-'with:afcoolring litensil; of'two -`j aws 'openingfin opposite -v-directions: :provided `upon the exterior :of-'said uten's'il, a det-achafblehandle'fcomprising a pair of Flegs 'united onefto the 'other-"with resilient closing ```effect, jjawengag'ing members cons'i's'ting of ibent jenfds viformed upon the ends of f said degs respectively, 1and united' to sa'id'ilegsifby Iinelina'tio'ns :isofas "-to give support tozthe utensil in ".j aw-engaging asse/rnblage.

2. The combination withaicoolinglutensil` provided upon-one side wIith a-transverse slot open at its opposite ends, of a handle compris'ing a i pair offllegs lunited one ltoff'the other -with resilient -closing effect, yan'dL s'lotengaging membersffc-onsistingof lbent* ends comprisingt'aniinturnetllportion;afbrace per. tion,'-and a'-'pi'vot'4tip.1,` substanti-ally :as sand fori'thepurposefispeci'fied.

`=I-nf=testiineny`lwhereof, I*have*fihereainto set Inyhand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v J OHN Witnessesz Uosnnn `tL. 'lA'rnINa JOHN B. 

